“Moscow Banksy” was detained in Sevastopol — he painted a historical gun on the 11th battery

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Having discovered strange, tacky graffiti on the 11th coastal battery in Sevastopol, the townspeople thought that young hooligans had “checked in”. The case turned out to be much more neglected.

On January 7, the duty station of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Leninsky district received a message that unknown persons had painted a drawing on the naval artillery gun of the destroyer «Boikiy» at a cultural heritage site of regional significance. A police investigative team arrived at the scene, whose employees took all measures to document and collect evidence.

As a result of the activities carried out by operatives of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol, together with colleagues from the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, the identity of the author of the graffiti was established. He turned out to be a 37-year-old guest from Moscow— reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol.

Yes, yes, a 37-year-old artist. Motivation for the offense? He told the police that with the help of the drawing he “wanted to leave his brand name in Sevastopol.” The sign is a “cat” with headlights-eyes. If anyone hasn’t guessed it. There is no need to even argue about the artistic value of the creation. Hooliganism? Not only. More likely vandalism, because the 11th battery in Sevastopol is not just an iconic, historical place, but also an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

Materials collected by police officers that have evidentiary value will be transferred to the investigative authorities for making a procedural decision. «Moscow Banksy» was detained.

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